In my latest article in Journal of Agrarian Change, I argue that through the categories of world-ecology, the history of Australian capitalism is rendered legible. The article emerges from my 2023 doctoral thesis, which placed sugar alongside histories of invasion, pastoralism, and fossil capital to develop an eco-Marxist account of the origins of capitalism in Australia.
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An accident of lighting uncovers Jewish, European, and Islamic origins.
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An evolutionary biologist and a science fiction writer walk into a bar … and mull over survival.
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A radical theory that pagan cults gave rise to early Christianity.
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Emotional context helps memories stick.
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What we can learn from the history of maritime folk music.
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Human experience must be factored into science. The authors of a new manifesto argue why.
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An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.
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Earlier this year, the Discipline of Political Economy, together with the Political Economy Student Society (ECOPSoc), hosted an outstanding and well-attended talk by former Greek finance minister and Honorary Professor of Political Economy Yanis Varoufakis at the University of Sydney. The talk focused on the development of technofeudalism as the latest era of capitalism, and implications for Australia of a changing global economic order. You can stream Yanis’ talk here:
School of Social and Political Sciences · Australia & The New Cold War In The Age Of Technofeudalism
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The Southern Ocean controls how much carbon is released into the atmosphere—and our warming world is changing it.
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